Acts 9:1-3

I've been reading Acts lately and noticed a feature specific to the ESV in Acts 9:1-3:

1 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.  3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

In this translation, there seems to be a contrast between "the Way" in verse 2 and "his way" in verse 3.  Saul is persecuting the church, so his "way" (in a more metaphorical sense) is opposed to "the Way."

When I lookt up the Greek, however, I discovered that these two words are unrelated.  The "Way" in verse 2 is ὁδοῦ, and - if I understand it aright - the whole construction "he went on his way" in verse 3 comes from the verb πορεύω.

Genesis 22:7-8

Recently, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from 24 February 2015.

The text was Genesis 22:1-14.  I was following along in the Latin Vulgate and noticed that where the ESV has "the lamb for a burnt offering" in verses 7 and 8, the Vulgate has "victima holocausti."  Instead of "lamb" or "goat" specifically (which is also what's in the Hebrew:  הַשֶּׂה), the Vulgate has a more generic word that means "victim" or "sacrifice."

There are some elements in this account that prefigure the crucifixion of Christ (who is called "the Lamb of God" in John 1:29).  Because the Vulgate uses a more generic term for "sacrifice," the metaphorical language is stripped away, and these connections may be a bit easier to see.